A certified life coach is one who has gone through a certification program from a recognized training program. The certified life coach then applies the acquired skills to support their clients in discovering and exploring their potential, and thereby create happier and more fulfilled lives. Where exactly does one get [...]
The first step in your journey of becoming a certified life coach is to understand what coaching is. Contrary to common belief, life coaching is not a synonym to therapy, mentoring, or managing talent. If you have training as a therapist, manager, teacher, consultant, or other “people helps” careers, you [...]
You have a vast amount of work experience and have always enjoyed helping people to better themselves so you figure, why not become a life coach? As you begin to research on how to get started in the life coaching business, you soon realize there is lots of talk about [...]
Health coaching is a great career path for those who are passionate about wellness. Once you have your health coach certification, you can start to assist your clients to lead healthy lifestyles. This can mean all manner of things, ranging from stress management and healthy life choices to physical activity [...]
If you enjoy helping people to realize their full potential, you should consider a career as a life coach. Whether you want to start a business or add life coaching skills to your current position, getting started as a life coach is easy for anyone who has an interest. Life [...]
A life coach is someone who makes a living by helping clients overcome an obstacle and unlock their potential, thereby attaining their goals and aspirations. Life coaching usually attracts clients who are looking for personal development and interested in fulfilling their destiny. This is one of the main reasons a [...]
The best life coaching programs are typically tailored to produce the highest quality of life coaches. According to the ICF, “Life Coaching is a professional partnership between the coach and their client focused on the discovery of one’s life direction.” In other words, the goal of the life coach should [...]
If you were to ask random people what life is, you might draw some strange stares, but you would certainly get diverse views and opinions. However, the discussion would get really interesting if you were to ask this follow-up question: Who is a life coach? In general, the average person [...]
The International Coach Federation (ICF) is committed to the highest standards of coaching. One of the ways the ICF maintains their standards is through accreditation of training programs. Accredited life coaching programs are programs that have gone through rigorous inspection and auditing by the ICF and adhere to their accreditation [...]
Coaching is a non-regulated industry in almost every country because there is no government institution that requires coaches to have any type of coaching certification. This means there is no barrier to entry. On the flip side, it also means anyone, no matter the qualifications—or lack thereof—can claim to [...]
